Kaleed Rasheed
Kaleed Rasheed is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Kaleed Rasheed | |
|---|---|
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| Deputy Government Whip | |
| Assumed office June 28, 2019 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Doug Downey |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Dipika Damerla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pakistan |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Residence | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Guelph-Humber University of Bradford |
| Occupation | Sales representative |
Life and career
Rasheed earned a BBA from University of Guelph-Humber and M.B.A from University of Bradford. Prior to entering politics, he worked in banking, telecommunications and the service sector. He also worked as the top Enterprise Account Executive at BlackBerry.
In 2018 he was elected as MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville, defeating Liberal incumbent Dipika Damerla.[2] In 2019, he was named Deputy Government Whip following a cabinet shuffle.[3]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Mississauga East—Cooksville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kaleed Rasheed | 17,862 | 41.15 | +14.95 | ||||
| Liberal | Dipika Damerla | 13,123 | 30.23 | −22.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Takacs | 9,871 | 22.74 | +7.35 | ||||
| Green | Basia Krzyzanowski | 1,498 | 3.45 | −0.07 | ||||
| Libertarian | Mark Donaldson | 463 | 1.07 | −0.90 | ||||
| None of the Above | Leonard Little | 413 | 0.95 | – | ||||
| Ontario Moderate Party | Mykola Ponomarenko | 175 | 0.40 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43,405 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 447 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,852 | 52.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,122 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
- Ben Rayner, "Two cabinet ministers felled in Mississauga East—Cooksville and Mississauga-Lakeshore". Toronto Star, June 7, 2018.
- PC candidate Kaleed Rasheed wins in Mississauga East-Cooksville Mississauga.com
- CBC News (June 28, 2019). "Kitchener South—Hespeler MPP Amy Fee appointed as Ontario's Deputy Government House Leader". CBC News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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